Wild Flowering Plants
| Phyllanthaceae family Phyllanthus niruri Linnaeus, Sp. Pl. 2: 981. 1753. Indigenous herb of sandy soil around bananas, Mamiku Estate, Praslin. One small location found. Barbuda, Antigua, Guadeloupe, Martinique, St. Lucia, Barbados, Greater Antilles (Hispaniola, Puerto Rico), Mesoamerica, South America. White latex. Quite similar to the very common Phyllanthus amara but much brighter green. |
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